Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1887-09-25

When We look back thrurgr the dmn
vista Of lrish history, To- the dim url
shNiowy period Of Irish Hugs We c.u.
understand the hcruism Of wm :.
q. Brieu. the editor Of United Ire.
land and satisfactorily explain Shy h.
risksd thv thu anger OF Ctntdru mob
Iu order 10 further his Gus. The name
"t O'Bn"n dates back prior to the Nor.
man conquest. The . ErirI- aud
hcCIuhls were the rulers uf Munster
H',er the death Of Brian Bnro.htn- who
drove out the Danes Ia gGs. uui Iu lOui
Was made kim OF the who'll of Ireland
brian was the brother oi the hing oi
Munster and dici on the battlefield NJ.
Ter having sigual!y defeated thr Danes.
Ills death Was due To- the negligence ui
his guard whp allowed ,yu,r ul tue de-
frated Danes - prm"tr,t' 70 the king,
tent aul Gsshssiurir han. After the
kings death Irrltul Na- divided into
four cunicder4tIuus. After the Norman
conquest only those who belonged t.
these four clans had audi, nee To- the
English Court. A. already stated the
b'Brirns rule IN Mr-t-r. Through the
lnns years of subj CATION AN revolt the
O'BrienS were always in the fore. Wh.n
they were summOuel t. appear IL
Cont they caIue with "a defiant attitude,
their bIttle nNrs in their hands and
clothed In their fnvoric saffron. They
fought beside SrIil and Tyrcouur
and their whitening bones were left a
ghastly relics Of the drpopurtInu OF Mus
ter. They hoped with Grafton, saw
the Irish Parliament live aud die, stood
under the shadow OF the gnlows Of + -
NETT. werr cu'raucei hy the clodInnrc
q. O'Connrl only to sro their idol dIc
broken hearted under foreign skics
Wasn't any wonder then tim; when the
Young Grclnnd" pnrty sprnug into 81.
itencc that William Smith o BrIcu,
4 rect desccnd,ut uf Brian Boroihme
- among the foremost IN the now
mentI When the uprising was crushed
terward pnrdoned and died in wnic, in
1854 but his blood lived after hun M
the Vim S. O'Brirn of to-day.
O'Brien is thirty. eight ycnrS 81 age.
lie il rather delicate and has fair com.
pleIion. In 1881 he was Imprisoned Toy
"Buck-hot" FOntcr. IL" has represent
ed South Tyrone in Parliament, but Nt
the last election was defeated by tic
UniUnist camdidutc. Russell. lie is one
Of PnTucll's most trusted licuirnnuts
aud says he will continue the Struggle
until homc-ruic is granted. The olj"c,
Of his visit 10 Canada, whence lac bare.
ly escaped with his life. wns to tell the
multitude Of the action Of their Cover.
nor Gsncr, in cyicting the poor tenants
OF his ostntcg in Ireland.
As the result of the affair Mt Mitch
sllstown Mr. O Bricn was arrested on
bonrd the London steamer NJ Dublin,
whether he had gone 90 bid Henry In.
bouohcrc goodbye. II Ia Eignincent
fact that tho goveruwcnt offered O'Bripn
his liberty provided he promised not to
go TO London. but this Mr.. O'Brion 70.
fused to do. lie was taken to tho I'm
perial Hotel md told that he could re-
main there all night II he would not
make n speech. but this also he refused
nnd accordingly made II speech from the
hotel balcony. In tho cuurre Of his
brief remarks he said: 80 long M
there Ia breath in my body my voice
will not he silent until mn gagged.
am proud 10 suffer for MitchcllNown.
When in Kingston was told that
would not be arrested IL did not ui,-
'dcrtAke 10 go 10 England. That shows
that the government is beginning TO
dread us In England